News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANDREEA DUMITRU, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu," an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was found guilty today in Manhattan federal court of asylum fraud, making false statements to immigration authorities, and aggravated identity theft following a two-week trial before United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Stephen R. Fuller, 46, of St Louis, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the U.S. Navy review board and charged with evaluating his claims for disability and retirement benefits. Fuller admitted to making false statements today by fabricating deployments and exaggerating the length...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Eric Lynn Garman, age 35, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years supervised release for Possession Of Certain Material Involving The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2). The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of sex trafficking of a child and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Millions of travelers will take to the skies during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to help you make it to your destination safely. You can help with that by paying close attention to what’s in your bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Zafar Iqbal-Khan, 46, previously of Pakistan, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison to eight months in prison for failure to comply with the terms of release under supervision. The defendant pled guilty on June 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Kevin Scott Konen, 52, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of children, and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Sentencing before U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist has yet...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: With the help of volunteer researchers, Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) staff members have identified the gravesite of Paris Martin, who was an enslaved person at the Mount Locust Plantation before the Civil War. Paris Martin’s final resting spot was unknown to Parkway staff until this summer when local genealogy researchers joined the search for his burial location.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: An interagency investigation has resulted in the conviction and prison sentence for a visitor who assaulted his wife in Haleakalā National Park. Matthew Berckmann, age 44, was recently ordered to serve 41 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. A federal jury found Berckmann guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault by strangulation at an earlier court hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Lawrence Stone, age 63, of Scranton, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2018, by a federal grand jury on charges of production and transportation of child pornography. The case was unsealed following Stone’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, woman was arrested and charged today with managing a variety of moving companies in New Jersey that systematically defrauded hundreds of customers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: A Chinese national who had been living in Massachusetts was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for distributing opioids and other drugs that were shipped from China to the United States and ultimately to Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: The Mandarin duck seen recently paddling in ponds in Central Park brought much excitement to New Yorkers and on the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for participating in an interstate drug trafficking conspiracy in which the deputy agreed to use his role as a law enforcement officer to ensure that narcotics were successfully transported.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Oscar Willard Thomas, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A prescribing physician with SKS Associates, an opioid treatment facility located in Johnstown, Pa., waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of distribution of controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service will waive all entrance fees on five days in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
